yumi jumped off the cliff and landed on the ground. it had grown dark and she smiled. the boy was at the shore now. she walked towards the shore. she hoped she will have fun and not get caught by anyone. even she did get away with it for now, she knew she would pay later if someone finds out.

Toumaru walked in just in time to hear Perry tell everyone about the war, “So it is true” said Toumaru. Everyone looked at him, “You are late Toumaru” said Perry as he examined Toumaru, “I’m sorry, I didn’t get your message right away…I was on a top priority mission when it arrived, so I didn’t get it until I got back to headquarters” said Toumaru. Perry nodded, “I understand, since you had duties to attend to, I’ll forgive this” said Perry as he cast a quick glance at Dare, who didn’t care. Toumaru sat down across from Dare and looked at Perry to hear more about the war.

Perry took the gold-lined handkerchief from his coat and lightly patted his head; he loosened his collar and began speaking. "I've used my resources to gather information from the Remus's inner circle. The King, the General, The Admiral, and the Prime Minister have all signed a declaration of war, and are summoning up all there forces."
"Good God! What does this halve to do with us!" Rhetta bursted out.
'I'm getting to it. Remember your position Rhetta!" Perry yelled. "This means that all of our looting roots will be heavily guarded from now on." Perry let a cough escape his mouth, followed by another series of heavy coughs.
"Are you Ok father?" Perry's son asked.
"Yes...Yes I'm fine. Anyway. this means we'll have to think of some way past the blockades. Any ideas, fellow scalawags?"

Perry Silkit began speaking and she listened intently. When he asked for their opinions, Leonora remained silent. Truth was she was a little intimidated by all the names and faces she recognized in the room. It was like a pirate celebrity gathering.
Her eyes scanned the room and she smirked at Silsilah who gave a tiny wink to her. Hector and her eyes met and she lowered hers quickly, her mouth pursing. She still felt too insulted to face him.
She listened quietly as the pirates exchanged ideas.

Rhetta sat impatiently as Perry prattled on. So what if there's a war! she thought. We just keep doing what we've been doing; whatever we want!
She took a glance over the table and noticed Dare sitting leisurely without a care. She hated his guts and didn't even look away when he noticed her staring.

Hector chuckled as he saw Leonara quickly look away from him. "I say we just find a new route, it's that simple as it is," Hector said as he leaned back and placed his feet on the table. Hector didn't really care that the blockade was blocking the old looting routes. Out of all the pirate lords, Hector looted the least out of all of them. They all knew that. "Course that's easier said than done, but I don't mind," he added as he closed his eyes.

"Its been a lone while they are in there." Kehkashan said worriedly as he paced the deck.
Cara was poking the unconscious boy, trying to wake him up.
"Stop it will you." Dashton said irritably.
Cara stuck her tongue out at him and the flopped on the deck staring up at the sky.
"Whats going on in there?" She asked turning her head and looking at the council room that was situated in the deep cave.

Lona sat in a tree, swinging her legs as the rest of the crew slumped below her. For the first few hours they had watched for Dare returning, but they had been in there for over four hours and they were starting to get bored. She picked an acorn, smirked and dropped it onto the head of the pirate below her. He jumped up, looking around for an attack. She grinned. The sky is falling, she thought, quoting an old story. I must go and tell the King! The pirate glared at her. She jumped in front of him. 'What can I say?' she shrugged. 'I'm bored. I needed something to do.' He picked up an acorn and threw it at her. She threw another back. His next shot hit the person behind her, who immediately threw one at him, hitting someone else and starting a full-blown acorn war.

(If people don't know the story, It' the one with Chicken Licken and the acorn falling out of the tree onto his head and him (being thick) thinking the sky is falling.)

"Hector is sure taking a while," Jenna yawned as he dropped onto the floor of the ship.
"They are probably just busy with things," Leo replied as he was polishing his guns.
Vince stood at the wheel, even though they weren't moving.
"These councils take as long as they need to," Feng said to all of them as she walked up and onto the deck. "Also, it's an emergency meeting, so it'll probably take a while."
"But it's so boringgg," Jenna whined as she rolled around the deck. "Leo, come play with me," she said as she jumped into the air and landed near him.
"I'm busy," he said as he didn't look at her. He was still polishing them and making sure they weren't broken in any way.
"Come on," she said as she grabbed onto him and tried to pull him up.
"Go play with Vince," Leo suggested as he resisted.
"But he's so boring and quiet," she whined as she managed to pull him up onto his feet. Leo dropped his guns in the process. "Darn it," he sighed.
He turned to Feng. "Am I really the youngest?" he asked again.
Feng chuckled. "It would seem so," she replied," Come on Jenna I'll play with you."
"Yay," Jenna yelled happily as she let go of Leo and run up to Feng.
"Let's do downstairs," she told Jenna as she started walking. Jenna nodded and followed Feng.
"Thanks Feng," Leo said to her as she was walking downstairs. "Now where was I," he said as he bent down to pick up his guns. "Aww man, a scratch," he said as he dropped down to sit.

Yumi snuck up on the boy and knocked him out with her mind. she then dragged him into the forest and to a little opening. she smiled as she thought of the fun she was going to have. one of her bats flew away but would come back later.

Dare spoke up for the first time during the meeting, “I don’t give a damn what you guys do, I’m just gonna destroy anything that gets in my way” said Dare with a bored tone in his voice. Rhetta glared at Dare, “Shut the hell up, Dare, none of us care what your gonna do” yelled Rhetta at Dare. Dare glared back at Rhetta, “You wanna die?” said Dare. “That’s enough Dare” said Toumaru who was sitting right across from Dare. Dare looked at Toumaru and made a dissatisfied sound, then looked away from Rhetta, “Why sound I even look at that ugly cow anyways” said Dare. Rhetta jumped up and grabbed her sword, “What did you call me?!” yelled Rhetta. “Sit down, Rhetta” said Perry, Rhetta sat down, but she kept her hand on her sword.
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Suddenly, one of the acorns became electrified as it ht one of the crew members, giving him a bad shock, everyone looked and saw Alroy and Kind walking towards them. “You guys sound know what will happen if the captain sees you messing around like this, he never in a good mood after these meetings, and if he sees you like this, he will kill you all” said Alroy, “Prepared to ship for departure, as soon as the captain returns…we’re leaving” said Alroy as he started to walk away with Kind.

As perry motioned to take his seat, his son noticed a ill swagger around him. Perry, the lord of Pirate lords, fell to the ground like limp corpse. The entire room stood up in shock. "Is he full of it?*" Rhetta asked. Ronald caught his father and nestled his head on his lap; his eyes were dark and his breath thin...

"Is he dead?" Leonora asked as all the pirate lords rose up as one as Perry fell.
"Good riddance." She heard a mutter behind her but didnt turn around. She went forward and knelt besides the young man as he gripped his father. "His breathing is shallow." She said worriedly as she checked the man over.
"Who're you?" Ronald asked.
"I-"
"Forget the introductions." Hector said impatiently. "Get the man a doctor."
Suddenly Perry went into a rough spasm and black liquid started sprouting of his mouth.
"He-He's been poisioned." Somebody yelled and all chaos broke out as everyone started yelling, screaming and accusing each other.